Editing MOS Technology 6502 (section)

===Conception===
The origins of the 6502 chip date back to 1960, after the [[Soviet Union]] launched the first artificial Earth satellite – the [[Sputnik 1]]. During this time, Peddle worked at [[General Electric]] as an engineer-in-training, designing tests and systems for missiles and spaceships. As he advanced into his engineering career, he found room-sized computers to be a flawed model of centralized intelligence, and instead, considered distributing it locally. However, General Electric sold its computer division to [[Honeywell]] in 1970, liquidating the entire section he worked on.<ref name="Guston">{{cite book|last1=Guston|first1=David H.|title=Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society|date=2010|publisher=Sage Publications|page=272|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vyp1AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA272|access-date=May 5, 2017|isbn=9781452266176|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120190132/https://books.google.com/books?id=vyp1AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA272|url-status=live}}</ref> Undeterred, Peddle took this severance and started his own company in 1972 to make intelligent terminals for word-processing.<ref name=Byte>{{cite web |url=http://www.commodore.ca/gallery/magazines/misc/chuck_peddle-byte-november_1982_sm.pdf |title=Chuck Peddle Byte Interview |publisher=[[Byte (magazine)|Byte]]}}</ref><ref name="LowSpec">{{cite video|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lP2ZBp9O0mk|date=April 29, 2022|title=The First LowSpec Processor|author=LowSpecGamer|work=[[YouTube]]|access-date=March 5, 2025}}</ref>

Shortly after, Peddle suddenly found himself in a technological struggle; even though electronics were evolving at the time, it was still ridiculously complex to run the system he conceived. His idea required a microprocessor that would be capable of running programs. However, he was far from the first to realize many companies were competing on the same technology for the same reason, including Motorola.<ref name="LowSpec"/>